Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
Test driven development is like eating watermelon. Slice it up and work in sections at a time; eat all the red until all you have left is green.
Terry L Thompson
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin Fowler
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.
Eagleson's Law
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone